Thanks. Working fine right now. The time-tested solution of posting problem online has made it function perfectly now for 4 consecutive days non-stop. I'll keep your tip on file if that changes.
iCamSource will not stay active since upgrading to Yosemite on my Mac Mini. It will start fine run for a while and then shut down. Any ideas on how to fix?
I could see port forwarding being a possible culprit if I couldn't connect to it at all. Why would a port forwarding problem allow me to connect to it when my iPhone is connecting via Wi-Fi but not via 3G?
UPDATE: I turned Auto-Config Router on and it's now working. Thanks for the tip but here are my new questions:
I've never had Auto-Config Router turned on for that setup. It worked fine up until about 2 weeks ago when the problem started. Computers don't change behavior unless something changes. What could have changed so that port forwarding was required?
Second question: why is port forwarding required to connect via 3G but not remote Wi-Fi?
I have two separate installations of iCamSource. Each has its own Mac mini running iCamSource, connecting via wireless network to a cable modem. I can connect to one of them on my iPhone4S via 3G or when I'm connected to any Wi-Fi. The other one I can only connect to when I'm connected to Wi-Fi.
The only difference between the two setups is the are connected to different cable providers with a different level of service (one is 16Mb the other only 3Mb).
This has only become a problem in the past couple of weeks.
Answer: Yes. Me. V2.1.2 fixed my problem. I have 2 identical webcams attached which was causing the program to fail. Once I loaded 2.1.2, everything worked. This is awesome! New version is very cool.
Have reset, restarted, and deleted the indicated file. Now when the program pops up, it gives me the preferences screen, I fill in all the details for one camera and click the now-active Start button. The preferences screen disappears and the icon disappears from the tray at the top of the screen.
My Macbook Pro running OSX 10.5.8 is working fine with multiple cameras. Do you have a complete set of setup instructions for everything that needs to be done to get this program running on 10.6? I have never been able to get it to work. I spent several weeks back at the beginning of 2010 working with you and never did get it to work. I even reinstalled the OS and rebuilt everything from scratch on the Mac Mini. I had given up until I saw the new version and thought it might have resolved some of my issues. I don't know if it did because I can't get as far as I did before.
When it works, your program is the BOMB! But I have to get it running on the Mini and off the Macbook. Do you really have users running this on 10.6? Is there some mysterious switch deep in the guts of 10.6 or the Mini that needs to be flipped that I haven't flipped?
I have 2 computers connected to the same router: a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.5.8 and a Mac Mini running 10.6.3. I can get the MacBook Pro to work fine. But the Mac Mini just will not work. Here is my setup:
Both are connected to the same wireless router. Both have the same permissions and open ports on the router. Both have the software firewall activated with the exact same settings.
I have 3 cameras hooked to the mini - 2 HP USB webcams and 1 Airlink wireless IP cam. All of these cameras function perfectly when connected to the Macbook. I have 3 instances of iCamSource launching at login. They will start but even though each instance has Auto Start checked, none of the instances will actually "start" when launched. Each instance has to be opened and started manually. This is bug #1.
No camera attached to the Mini will communicate with the iCam servers. I have the same username and password for the Macbook and the mini. When I go to the iPhone, the camera on the Macbook is there but the ones from the Mini are not.
After wrestling with this 3 months ago to no avail, I set it aside having reached the conclusion that I had screwed up my user accounts somehow and the iCamSource application was running under one user account and a different account was controlling the connection to the internet. I decided to wipe the Mini clean and rebuild it from scratch. I completed this last night.
Nothing. The iCamSource launches at login but doesn't start. When I start it manually, I can see the camera through the preferences screen but it will not communicate with the iCam servers and thereby will not communicate to the iPhone.
With all of this, I've concluded one thing -- iCam works on a Macbook Pro running 10.5.8 and does not work on a Mini running 10.6.3. Those are the only variables -- the hardware platform and the OS. If there's something else at work, it is completely buried from my view. I am running iCamSource 1.4.2 on both machines. I have not loaded the 1.4.2.5 beta and will not unless someone can articulate why the version I have will not work with my configuration and why the beta version will.
I have been very impressed with the app....when it works. I'm at the end of my rope and ready to go find another solution to meet my needs. One last chance, guys - any suggestions?
iCamSource will not communicate with the server and it will not auto-start the camera. I'm no OS expert but this message looks like something is interrupting the normal launch of the app and as a result it won't function properly. I'm certain it's something in the configuration of the Mini but I'm out of ideas. Any suggestions on what is causing this error message?
I've trying to get it to work on a single web cam now. I've changed to new username and password on the Mini and the iPhone. I can see the camera in the Preferences screen on the computer. But I still get the "No Sources Found" message on the iPhone. Everything still works fine on my Macbook so it's not my network.
Thanks, Jay. Let me restate the situation. I have three different problems. All problems are with getting it to work on my Mac Mini running Snow Leopard.
I have 2 USB webcams connected to the Mini. I can open iCamSource Preferences and view the camera image for both of these cameras. I cannot see either on the iPhone. I have confirmed the username and password on both ends.
I have an Airlink 101 SkyIPCam500W wireless network camera. I can view it through the web browser on the Mini. I can view it through iCamSource on my Macbook. I cannot see it on iCamSource on the Mini. I have confirmed the URLs are the same on both computers as are all usernames and passwords. When iCamSource is running on the Macbook, I can view it on my iPhone.
Autostart does not work on any of the instances of iCamSource on the Mini. I have to manually start it every time. It works fine on my Macbook.
I just checked the Console and found error messages related to iCamSource. I am emailing the screen grab of this window to you.
There is no error message, just no picture from the wireless camera. There is no Source Connection Error, just, the message "No Sources Found". I think there's something buried in the security settings on the Mini that is causing a problem with certain types of accessibility, including iCam. I've got firewall settings set the same as the Macbook but I'm wondering if there is something else interfering. There are other programs (iPhoto for example) that aren't communicating properly either. I'm still digging but I thought I'd check to see if there was any known issues.
I have a new Mac Mini that I'm trying to configure as my iCam server. I have two webcams and one wireless camera connected with a separate iCamSource instance running for each. When I open preferences I can see the feed from the webcams but I cannot see the feed from the wireless camera. When I run iCamSource on my Macbook I can see the wireless camera in preferences. When I run Icam on the iPhone I can see the feed from the Macbook but nothing comes across from the Mini.
I've double and triple checked all of my settings on iCamSource and everything is identical. The only difference I know of between the two computers is the Macbook is on OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard) and the Mini is running OS X 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard). Is there something different I should be doing on Snow Leopard than on Leopard?
I'm having the same problem with the Audio drop down not populating correctly for the second camera. No audio doesn't always appear and the second camera will appear as HP Deluxe Webcam KQ246AA #2 in the video drop down but not at all for the audio drop down.
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